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Chapter 1:Visitors

It had been five years since Leo and Rose had gotten out of the science facility. After various fights and arguments about living arrangements, Leo and Rose had taken the kids and left. It had been a shock to all of them especially after finding out about Jake's condition so recently.

FLASHBACK****

"Leo!!!" Rose screamed, she was in their room. Leo was at her side in an instant, leaping up the stairs with a speed none of them had known he was capable of. They were all worried about Jake...he didn't respond to Leo's lullabies like the other two...if anything he didn't stop crying unless Leo or Rose held him. But nothing had prepared them for the sight that they found.

Jake's limbs had been jerking violently, his small mouth open in a silent scream. All Leo and Rose had been able to do was watch helplessly. The next day April and a very worried father took Jake to a friend of April's. The diagnosis had been painful, Leo hadn't spoken in days. Jake was deaf, which was bad enough but to top it off Jake had a siezure disorder. Rose took it hard, crying constantly, Leo couldn't even comfort her. Rose had clung to Jake, she wouldn't let him go, afraid that he would have a fit bad enough to kill him, afraid that he would die alone, not able to hear them trying to comfort him. Leo had wondered the sewers, unable to speak, his nerves on edge more than usual.

END FASHBACK****

Leo came back for a time when Master Splinter had gotten sick, staying only long enough to bury his father before leaving again. No one knew where Rose and the kids stayed during that time, Leo never said. For the first time in years they had had contact with Leo or rather Rose. Leo had been missing for four days. She said the boys were a little much to handle without Leo around, normally Leo would've told her how long he was going to be gone, he had been gone past the time he had said he would be back. Rose had said she knew where he set his traps and his normal hunting areas, she just couldn't stand leaving the kids for very long. So they were coming to her, hoping Leo wasn't hurt.

Don and Fawn were asleep in the back, curled up together. Their relationship had taken a while to come to terms, her "rough edges" and his pacifist attitude causing friction, but after a while Fawn had "melted" so to speak and her more playful and gentle side came out. Don had pounced and to their shock she had accepted his proposal. Their first was on the way, her belly just starting to round. Raph and Mike still hadn't had any luck finding love not that either cared Raph's rage and rebellious attitude pointed him away from fatherhood. Mike had laughed when confronted about possible fatherhood saying, "Like I'm cut out to be a father!"

April and Casey had had a son, James, and had left him with a friend while they searched for Leo. James was approaching three years old, he was a bottle of energy.

Raph sighed as they pulled in at the farmhouse, Rose had said that she would meet them there and lead them back to the house. He punched Mike lightly in the arm.

"Mikey get up were here," he growled. Mike jerked awake. At age twenty-two Mike and the rest of them had matured a lot. Raph, if possible, had gained muscle and a few inches, now standing at 5'5" rather than 5'2". Mike had bulked up some and had also gained an inch or two, standing at 5'4" now. Don hadn't really gained any muscle but rather "toned" it, making what he had stand out more, he too had gotten taller, now standing at 5'4" as well. Fawn hadn't changed much, if anything her beauty had grown.

April got out of the vehicle, the others not far behind her. They looked around, waiting. A second later a soft whistle made them turn toward the barn. A slim, agile, figure approached. It was Rose, she was lean without being skinny, a light wrapping of muscle adorned her frame. Her dark hair had been pulled back into a braid. She still had the calm, quiet grace she had posessed even when heavy with the triplets. Her blue eyes flicked over them, she gave them a worried smile.

"If Leo's back at home when I bring you guys there he's not going to be happy," She whispered.

"We know...but we want to help...he should understand that we're still family and we're willing to help out when it's needed," April replied gently.

Rose nodded and waved them after her.

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